As we announced in September,
Oracle and Microsoft have been working together
on a new offering,
Oracle Database@Azure.
You can now use Oracle Database services running on Oracle Exadata hardware
deployed as a service in Azure datacenters.
And this streamlines the migration of Oracle workloads to Azure,
so you can integrate and innovate with the breadth
of Microsoft Cloud services like Azure AI
and our application platform and developer services.
You'll be able to purchase this fully-managed Oracle service from the Azure Marketplace
with the same features and pricing as Oracle Database services on the Oracle Cloud.
And, you can use your existing Oracle and Azure commitments and licenses to do so.
So, let me show an example of how this works.
I can get started using Oracle Database@Azure
the same way I do with all my Azure services,
just by clicking the link in the portal and starting the process to set up my environment.
After choosing my subscription and giving it a name,
I can tell Azure where to provision this instance,
so it's available in the Azure region and availability zone of my choice.
This allows me to ensure the best performance and availability
at the very beginning of the migration journey.
Next, I can customize compute and storage ratios in my environment
according to the workload requirements.
This gives me the control to optimize current total cost of ownership
and the flexibility to plan for future growth.
Similar to other services in Azure, I can specify my preferred maintenance window.
This helps me manage interruptions to this very mission-critical solution.
Last, I review the information and Azure will have Oracle provision
this Exadata instance for me right here in the Azure datacenter.
Once provisioned, I can see my Exadata instance ready in Azure.
After a simple review of the information to make sure it's correct,
I'm ready to create the virtual cluster for my database environment
and connect it to the rest of my Azure services.
Once I select the Exadata VM cluster,
I can confirm the details about the environment.
This simple experience ensures the cluster will be set up securely out of the gate.
Once I'm done with the basics, I'm ready to define my application environment.
This blended experience is designed to feel familiar
to both existing Azure and OCI customers.
Azure allows me to specify the compute and storage
I want to allocate to this specific cluster.
With these tools, I can optimize application performance and cost
while maximizing the benefits of Exadata
for this specific Oracle Database@Azure environment.
And finally, the last thing is to specify the Azure VNet used to provide secure connectivity
between my Oracle Database and the rest of Azure.
Microsoft and Oracle have already done the work to physically
and securely connect the systems across datacenters with minimal latency.
And Azure VNet ensures secure access
between all the services in the end-to-end application.
Now that I have a database application running in Azure,
let's check in and see how it's doing.
First thing, I look at my applications dashboard in Azure Monitor
to check out the health and performance of my system.
The out-of-the-box integration of Oracle Database@Azure and Azure Monitor
makes it easy for anyone to create custom dashboards,
and even create a single-pane-of-glass view across the entire application landscape.
Here, I see the performance metrics of the VM cluster itself,
and everything looks healthy.
I can then switch to look at another dashboard
containing the metrics and utilization for the database I created.
Here, I see the Oracle Database-specific metrics
allowing me to determine if the database is performing optimally.
Again, everything looks good.
Thanks to Oracle Database@Azure,
I can use my Azure tools to monitor and maintain the health of my systems
and have confidence knowing that everything is operating according to plan.
Today, I'm pleased to announce that Oracle Database@Azure
will be generally available starting this December.
Microsoft is the only hyperscaler other than Oracle to offer
Oracle Database services on Exadata infrastructure.
To learn more, reach out to your Microsoft or Oracle account teams.